Premeditated crimes make up only a small fraction of offenses in Armenia, minister says

Crimes that are premeditated make up only a very small percentage of offenses in Armenia, Interior Minister Arpine Sargsyan said Monday.

“Armenia does not stand out in terms of organized or premeditated serious crimes,” she told lawmakers during a joint committee meeting on the 2026 state budget bill.

“In our statistics, only a very small percentage of crimes are preplanned. In most homicide cases, we observe that they occur as a continuation of disputes that arise in the heat of the moment,” the minister said.